From John Ibbitson’s Globe and Mail [online] column today: “Balls, the opposition replied…” The head reads, “Historic ruling to bestow supremacy on either Parliament or PM”, but talk about opinion writing that jumps off the page — at least in Canada, where so much such penmanship is as drab as the newsprint it falls on. [...]

From the ledge of the Leg, an insider reveals some of the subtext on today’s B.C. government Speech from the Throne. To wit: Throne speech paragraph “The importance of the Asia Pacific and its strategic relevance to British Columbia in this Olympic era, as Canada’s Pacific Gateway, is magnified today.” Government election translation We’d like [...]

Gordon Gibson, OBC, may have a long line of learn-ed political credentials — most recently, or notably, his appointment to run B.C.’s 2003-2004 Citizens’ Assembly on Electoral Reform. In greater light, his opinion piece in last Saturday’s Globe and Mail that suggests a win for both the BC New Democratic Party and a proposed Single [...]

An early Christmas present found its way out of Vancouver City Hall just over two weeks ago when its newly minted mayor Gregor Robertson gave then-city manager, Judy Rogers, walking papers, and replaced her with Dr. Penny Ballem. Why Ballem, B.C.’s former top health care bureaucrat — who was just recently working in the private [...]